By Asher Hawkins | October 16, 2006
By and large agreeing with the plaintiffs' suggestions on damages, a Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $78.5 million to a class of some 186,000 current and former employees of Pennsylvania W
By Susan Hansen | September 4, 2007
When Robert Vanni took the general counsel's job at the New York Public Library 20 years ago, the world was still discovering the wonders of the fax machine. The Internet and such innovations as e-
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By Larry Neumeister | October 27, 2006
A former New York Stock Exchange specialist who once oversaw all trading in General Electric Co. stock was convicted Thursday of securities fraud, but the trial judge immediately expressed doubts a
By Kevin F. Brady and Matthew M. Greenberg | March 27, 2007
In today's business world, corporate directors are involved in many complicated decisions and, for the most part, if a decision (and the board's decision-making process) is adequate, even if ultima
By Amanda Bronstad | August 5, 2009
As the recession continues, more businesses are being forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In many cases, the bankruptcies are liquidations, not reorganizations, said Robbin Itk
By Judith A. Moldover | August 25, 2006
Lipstick, mascara, face powder.Of such things is litigationmade. DarleneJespersen, a female bartenderat Harrah's, who was dischargedfor refusing to wear makeupin accordance with h
By David B. Bayless | February 15, 2007
I've previously argued that individuals should consider litigating against the SEC. But in early December 2006, the SEC's nationwide head of enforcement, Linda Chatman Thomsen, publicly touted
By Justin Scheck | November 2, 2006
Being an in-house lawyer used to be considered a good job. Steady pay, fewer hours and no pressure to bring in new clients made general counsel jobs desirable for attorneys who cared about things o
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | September 26, 2008
With a new corporate failure or takeover in the news almost daily, this might be the time for in-house lawyers to think about liability insurance. "It would be a little naive if we did
By Alexia Garamfalvi | January 4, 2007
The new Congress convening this month may be more willing to tinker with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act than the pr
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